PSW Inverter - No Load Current
Our in-bed camper will only hold two batteries. Wanting to power the microwave, TV, satellite and laptops. Thinking a 2000w PSW inverter would be the right size. Noticed most 2000w inverters have n...
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prairie camper wrote:BFL13 wrote:
The Sunforce PSW 1000w they sold a while ago had two receptacles , but they way it worked was each was rated for 500w so you could not get 1000w plugging in one thing. Many/most other inverters let you get the whole rated amount from one receptacle.
On our sunforce 1000 watt inverter I can pull at least 800 watts on the single receptacle. Plugged in a coffee percolated to a kill a watt and brewed a pot of coffee.
But I want to do more boondock camping this summer, and we have a small 3.5 cu. ft.? Residential Freezer we take with us, hence the question of standby inverter draw.
Multiple inverters is not in my design!
Had a 120v fridge that size for a while to replace the broken original fridge in a TC we had. Total nightmare off grid, unless there was lots of solar. No gen, so no easy way to recharge the batts with a charger) Lost battery AH every day so it was a nail-biter whether we ran out of AH before going home.
It drew about 4 amps when on. Cycled on maybe 2/3 the time ISTR. I posted something about it back then, I try to find that.
Swore never again to have a 120v only fridge for off-grid. Eventually found a used smaller 3-way fridge that fit in the TC. What a blessing!
